About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0007
  • TitleNew theater
  • SummaryCaption: "New theater--[Architectural rendering of] the new Century Theater's Brooklyn [sic] Theater which opens at Flatlands and Flatbush Aves. Jan. 25, incorporating the best in modern design in the 1,500-seat house. It has marked improvements in seating comfort as well as acoustics, lighting, film projection and air conditioning.." Note: Its actual name was the Brook Theater; the address is 3839-49 Flatlands Avenue. Note: At an undetermined time, it later became an office building.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jan. 8, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMotion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: Brook Theater